r-pr

Egyptian

Etymology

r(ꜣ) (“mouth”) +‎ pr (“house”).

Pronunciation
 
  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ɾaʀˈpaːɾuw/ → /ɾaʀˈpaːɾuw/ → /ɾəˈpaːɾə/ → /ɾəˈpoːɾ/

Noun
r
Z1		 pr Z1
niwt

 m

  1. false door
  2. temple
    • c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) line 1:
      inDD
      Hr
      k      		 Q2
      ir      		 nb
      H ra H      		 swt
      Z2ss      		 nTrI1S
      Z2      		 r
      n
      nw Z2ss      		 Dsr
      r      		 xprZ3S
      t U30      		 iir
      w      		 mr
      Z1      		 pr
      Z1 Z2ss
      j.nḏ ḥr.k wsjr nb nḥḥ nswt nṯr(w) ꜥšꜣ rnw ḏsr ḫprw štꜣ jrw m rw-prw
      Hail to you, Osiris, lord of eternity, king of gods, numerous of names, sacred of developments, secret of rites in temples!

Inflection
Declension of r-pr (masculine)
singular r-pr
dual rwj-prwj
plural rw-prw
Unusually, both components of this word inflect for number. In the plural, the plural sign
Z2ss
is sometimes written only once, at the end of the word.

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of r-pr  
r
Z1		 pr
Z1
r-pr

Descendants
  • → Arabic: رِيف (rīf)
  • Demotic: rpy

References
  • Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 397.6–397.8
  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 298.
  • Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 70
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